To our campus community,

It is with great sadness that I must tell you that on Monday evening, ChenWei Guo, one of our international students, was killed in a senseless, random act of violence.

We have cancelled classes today in respect of ChenWei and the impact this violent event has had on our campus community. ChenWei was a pre-computer science major with a promising future and worked as a peer advisor in our International Student and Scholar Services Office.

We have been in contact with ChenWei’s family in China and they are understandably devastated by the loss of their son. We are working to bring them to Utah as soon as possible and will offer them all the assistance we can.

At this point, here is what we understand took place last night. ChenWei was parked near the gate in Red Butte Canyon when the suspect fatally shot him while attempting to hijack his vehicle.

Chief Dale Brophy and the University’s Department of Public Safety are confident that our campus is secure. I want to thank Chief Brophy and his team, the Salt Lake City Police, Unified Police, West Valley City Police, South Salt Lake Police, Cottonwood Heights Police, West Jordan Police, Utah Highway Patrol, FBI and all the other law enforcement agencies that responded last night as this tragedy unfolded and continue to work to locate this individual and take him into custody.

While classes have been cancelled today, campus services will remain open. The Counseling Center is prepared to support students with additional staffing, and Human Resources has arranged for the Employee Assistance Program to help with counseling for staff and faculty.

We will share more information online as it becomes available.

— President David W. Pershing

致各位教职员工及同学：

在此我悲痛地告诉大家，我校国际学生郭晨伟于本周一晚，在一起无目的的随机暴力事件中不幸离世。

为沉重悼念郭晨伟同学及对此暴力事件为校园带来的影响予以重视，犹他大学决定今天进行停课。作为一位准备在计算机科学领域深造的优秀学生，郭晨伟同学在潜心学业的同时兼任我校国际学生办公室的学生顾问。

校方已与郭晨伟同学在中国的家人取得联系，其家人对此惨痛事实表示理解。我校也正积极安排其家人赴美，并在其间提供一切可能的帮助。

以下是我校对该事件掌握的信息：正当郭晨伟同学把车停于Red Butte Canyon附近的校门时，嫌疑犯试图劫持车辆，并对郭晨伟同学实施了致命的枪击。我校公共安全部门及其负责人Dale Brophy警长郑重表示，犹他大学校园是安全的。在此我对Brophy警长及其团队、盐湖城警方、 联合警察部队、 西瓦利城警方、 南盐湖城警方、卡顿高地警方、 西乔丹警方、犹他州公路巡逻队、联邦调查局以及其他执法部门对此事件做出迅速反应，对嫌疑犯进行追捕并最终实施拘留的行动表示由衷的感谢。

除今天的停课安排外，犹他大学的校园服务均正常运作。我校咨询中心已配备充足的工作人员支持相关的学生咨询；人力资源中心也已为员工帮助计划（EPA）做好充分的人员安排，以便教职员工进行相关的咨询。

如有关于事件的进一步信息，我校会尽快在网站上公布。

— President David W. Pershing